HTC today took the wraps off the lastest smartphone in its One family of devices, but tucked away in the announcement of the HTC One X+ and One VX was the news that two of its older One smartphones will be upgraded to Android 4.1 Jelly Bean this month.

HTC confirmed that the One S and One X will get Jelly Bean at some point this month, an upgrade it first promised in July. Timing was not released, but these Android updates are usually dependent on the carrier. The One X is available via AT&T, while the One S is offerred by T-Mobile.

The launch of the HTC One X in the U.S. was delayed thanks to a patent battle with Apple, but a software tweak helped HTC gets its device into the country. The One X boasts a huge, 4.7-inch, 1,280-by-720 pixel, non-reflective display. The HTC One S includes a 4.3-inch, 960-by-540-pixel display.

The new HTC One X+ and One VX smartphones, meanwhile, are coming to AT&T. The One X+ is the first U.S. LTE phone with a quad-core Nvidia Tegra 3 processor.

Stats released yesterday show that only about 1.8 percent of Android-based devices are currently running Jelly Bean, though that's up slightly from the 1.2 percent it had last month. Gingerbread is still the most popular version with about 56 percent of the market.

Chloe Albanesius has been with PCMag.com since April 2007, most recently as Executive Editor for News and Features. Prior to that, she worked for a year covering financial IT on Wall Street for Incisive Media. From 2002 to 2005, Chloe covered technology policy for The National Journal's Technology Daily in Washington, DC. She has held internships at NBC's Meet the Press, washingtonpost.com, the Tate Gallery press office in London, Roll Call, and Congressional Quarterly. She graduated with a bachelor's degree in journalism from American University...
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